New XEC Covid Variant Spreading Fastly All You Need To Know About

New variant of the Covid virus called the XEC is spreading quickly in Europe.

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XEC variant was firstly identified in Germany in June.

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The strain is a combination of the omicron subvariants - KS.1.1 and KP.3.3.

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XEC has some new mutations which is why it is important to take vaccines and booster shots.

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So far, 500 samples from 27 countries, including Poland, Norway, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Portugal and China, have been found to contain XEC.

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The symptoms of the XEC variant are similar to those of previous Covid variants, including fever, sore throat, cough, loss of sense of smell, loss of appetite, and body aches.

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